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Nepal

A devotee whose face is smeared with vermillion powder takes part in the "Sindoor Jatra" vermillion powder festival at Thimi, near Kathmandu April 15, 2014.

Credit: Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters

England

A competitors performs at the World Irish Dance Championship in London, England, April 13, 2014.

Credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Chile

Firefighters work to put out a fire in Valparaiso city, northwest of Santiago, April 13, 2014. At least 12 people were killed and 2,000 houses destroyed over the weekend by a fire that devastated parts of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso, as authorities evacuated thousands and sent in aircraft to battle the blaze.

Credit: Eliseo Fernandez/Reuters

India

An Indian woman casts her ballot at a polling station in the Jodhpur District in the desert state of Rajasthan, India, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

India

A Hindu holy man touches a girl with his foot as part of a ritual to bless her during a religious procession to mark the Gajan festival in Kolkata, April 13, 2014.

Credit: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters

Ukraine

A fighter jet flies above as Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armored personnel carrier in Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, April 16, 2014.

Credit: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Singapore

A diver dressed as the Easter Bunny swims among sharks, rays and other species of fish in the Shipwreck habitat, at the South East Asia Aquarium of Resorts World Sentosa, a popular tourist attraction in Singapore, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Wong Maye-E/AP

Spain

Penitents of the Jesus Yacente brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Zamora, northern Spain, April 18, 2014.

Credit: Andres Kudacki/AP

New York

Drummer Dave Grohl of Nirvana performs after the band was inducted during the 29th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., April 11, 2014.

Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Iran

This picture provided by ISNA, a semi-official news agency, taken on Tuesday, shows Kobra, left, whose son Bilal was convicted of murdering a man, embracing Maryam Hosseinzadeh, mother of the victim, after she pardoned the murderer before his execution in public in the northern city of Nour, Iran, April 15, 2014. Bilal who was convicted of killing Abdollah Hosseinzadeh, was pardoned by the victim's family moments before being executed.

Romania

India

A Kashmiri woman supporter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) laughs as she attends an election campaign rally on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Mukhtar Khan/AP

Massachusetts

Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley (L) joins the family of Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard at the finish line for a wreath-laying ceremony in Boston, Mass., April 15, 2014.

Credit: Brian Snyder/Reuters

Central African Republic

Kevin, a man accused of being a thief, lays in pain after being attacked by a man with a machete and sticks, in plain view of others, in Bangui, Central African Republic, April 18, 2014. Foreign journalists intervened and stopped the beating, as the crowd shouted "he is a thief, he must die." Police arrived and took Kevin into custody. He was then taken to a local hospital for treatment under police surveillance before being brought before a prosecuting officer.

Credit: Jerome Delay/AP

Spain

A penitent takes part in the procession of the "Silencio y la Santa Cruz" brotherhood during Holy Week in Oviedo, northern Spain, April 15, 2014.

Credit: Eloy Alonso/Reuters

North Korea

North Korean female soldiers prepare to take a commemorative photograph in front of a flower exhibition featuring North Korea's late founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, April 14, 2014.

Credit: Kyodo/Reuters

South Korea

A relative of a passenger aboard a sunken ferry weeps at a port in Jindo, South Korea, April 17, 2014. Strong currents, rain and bad visibility hampered an increasingly anxious search Thursday for more than 280 passengers still missing a day after their ferry flipped onto its side and sank in cold waters off the southern coast of South Korea.

Credit: Ahn Young-joon/AP

West Bank

A Palestinian protester returns a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest against the Jewish settlement of Ofra, in the West Bank village of Silwad, near Ramallah, April 11, 2014.

Credit: Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

China

People watch roosters fight during a celebration for the New Year of the Dai minority in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, April 13, 2014.

Credit: Wong Campion/Reuters

South Africa

Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius (R) is hugged by a supporter as he arrives ahead of his trial for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, April 14, 2014.

Credit: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

India

A supporter of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), wears a mask depicting Modi as he sits before the start of an election campaign rally in the southern Indian city of Chennai, April 13, 2014.

Credit: Babu/Reuters

Spain

A penitent walks past a woman on his way to a church before taking part in the procession of "La Borriquita" brotherhood on Palm Sunday in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 13, 2014.

Credit: Marcelo del Pozo/Reuters

Uruguay

A gaucho rides a wild horse during the annual celebration of Criolla Week in Montevideo, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Andres Stapff/Reuters

Russia

Visitors watch Russian President Vladimir Putin's live broadcast of a nationwide phone-in at a regional youth library in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Ilya Naymushin/Reuters

Argentina

A three-month-old Bengal white tiger cub is seen inside its enclosure at the Buenos Aires Zoo, April 16, 2014.

Credit: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters

India

A woman carries her baby as she walks through a wheat field on her way to a polling station to cast her vote in Shabazpur Dor village, in Amroha district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

Israel

Christian worshippers pray inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, April 17, 2014.

Credit: Baz Ratner/Reuters

China

An alpaca looks out from a car on a busy street in Changchun, Jilin province, April 16, 2014. According to local media, a newly-opened bar in Changchun rented the 5-year-old male alpaca from Australia hoping to attract more customers.